You can now visit Russia's far east without a visa

If you've been planning a trip to Russia, now is the right time.

If you are planning to visit Russia anytime soon, here's your chance to do so.

Tourists and businessmen from India will now be able to visit Russia's far east without a visa, announced Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

In a bid to promote tourism and investment in the region, the country will now ensure that visitors do not have to undergo the tedious process of procuring a visa.

It will be enough for foreigners "to enter their data on a special website in the internet," said the Prime Minister.

According to a TASS report, this scheme will be available to 17 other countries, including Algeria, Bahrain, Brunei, Iran, Qatar, China, North Korea, Kuwait, Morocco, Mexico, UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Tunisia, Turkey and Japan.

"We are pro actively forming the modern infrastructure and creating special regimes in the far east; the law on visits to the Vladivostok free port was approved in March," Medvedev was reported as saying, by Hindustan Times.

The region now expects to earn more revenue from tourist-traffic growth.